Phonograph-record cabinet.



.,1P.lscHoLL. PHONOGBQAPH RECORD CABINET. APPLlOATION ILED MAY 22, 1911.

, Patented Jan.30,1912.

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P. `SCIIOLL.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1911. 1,01 5,844. Patented Jan. 3o, 1912.

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of four plates forming' a rectangular. hollow f .PHoNoGnAPH-nnconp CABINET. 'Y A To all 'whom it may concern.: 1":-

Be it. known that I, Purim' SCHoLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at' Chicago, in the count-y of- Cook and. State of Illinois, have' invented certain new andA useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Cabinets,` of which the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to. improvements in. plmnograph record cabinets, and' has espe-A cial reference to devices of the character andtype disclosed in my previously tiled, co-pendmg Implication, Serial No. 521,864,

-tilcd October 9th, 1900. y i

My presentinvention refer-s.moreQparticu-v larly tothe specific constructions". and arrangements ot' parts, and to a" pfai;t,ici1lar form otenvelop for containing the individual'records and means of attachment of said envelop to its supporting frame.

4In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisI specification; Figure 1 is a central. longitudinal section ot the recepta- V cle, in open position. Fig. i). Ais a fragmcntarix .cross-scctirxnal view, taken on line ils-#2 of Fig. 1. fFig. 3 is a central, longif the receptacle, in closed 1 is a fragmentary cross- Fig.

of one ot' tll-e recordcontaiuing envclops. Fig. G is a fragmentary detail in sectiom-ot means for pivotally Fie.

.securing the envelop-supporting frames tol the sliding structure., l-n all the views the same acters indicate similar parts.

A containing cabinet, 10, is adapted to rcceive and inclose the records` and the mechanism directly supporting the envelops, within which envelops Athe records are indiu vidualy inclosed. r1`he cabinet closed cxccpt at. the front side, which is open and through which opening the recoi'd-sup1.\orting structure is adapted to be slid, as a drawer.v The .sliding structure is made up reference charbottom frame 11, provided with vertical side walls 12 and 13, and a rear vertical wall 11,.

somewhat taller than the side walls, joining said side walls, to thereby provide a threesided receptacle within which the envelops are directly contained. A' false bottom 15. is hinged to the frame 11, as at- 16. This bottom occupies a substantially horizontal position when the. device is closed, as in i Specification. of L tters Patent;

Paten-tea Janisiiaiz.

Apiiiieation mea May a2, 19'11. seal no. 628,683.

F ig. 3, but. when the devicel is opened the bottom is raised to a larger` angle for" more cogivenient presentation of the record-containing 'envelops, as Shown in Fig 1.

`To the front end of the' sliding structure, ortothe front edgeofthe frame 11, is pivlotetha closure 17, as by ahinge -1b. :This vclosure is of proper size and shape' to-close the openrin'ggn.' the front. of tliecabinet, as slioivxif'flii-fFi'g. 3. In openj position the closure lies atsuclr an @angle as' toy conveniently support p the envelops asP'tth'ey 4are turned. ironia' Substantially 'vertical "to a' substantiallyhorizontal position, and it acts as'a. .means for. automatically restoring' the envelops to a substantially vertici` p relix'tiinarily to the closing of tliecabine't.

\. Pivoted to the side wallsl 1:?. ai1d13, as by screws 4 spectively. The arms 20,21 are `,connected together by means of'across-rodjQQ,Fwhich sei-.ies as a means or lifting the false bot'- to'nil when the arms are turnedl upwardly on their pivots. p,

At. a point near the pirated end of the closure 17, on each side'tliefieof are'gc'l'ip's 23, secured thereto as by screws Q11." A link`x25, ot which 'there is one"on`each side of the structure, pivoted to the clip as at 2G and to the arms 20, 21, as at '21', and serve as means for oscillating or fraising and lowering the arms Q0, '21, when the closure is moved from the vertical toward a horizontal" position. V n .A

A pin or screw 2S, is secured to and pro- `iects from the vertical walls 1?,l and 13, there. being 'one i'n`each .verticahl wall, are within the paths of the linksQ-, andfserve as rests or supportsifor the closui'e 1i', to prevent its 'further movement toward horizontal position, an toposition the closure at a proper angle for conveniently{supporting the envelops. f i

Secured to the false bottom 15, is an over'- lying .strip 30, provided with notches for the reception of a series of U-shaped wires 31, which are pivoted therein with their forked,V free ends extending upwardly. There are as many wires as envelops, a single wire structure being required for the support of a single envelop.

` The envelops 32 may be made of any suitable material, but for the purpose of cheap-- and their self-supportmg4 ofA therecord, 'upon which naines or.

lout. f Fixed' to the side walls 10 of the cabinet vided on the'strip' The slide 'i limit of the notches, after which the They are. made in the 'without the sealing flap.

-acoess tothe inclo'sed record 341. .They are .supporting wires'- may b'e readily and f5-quicklyT inserted, thus providmg an eas1l fand quickly .in plaeelbut tofermit itsl free sliding movevid d, near 1ts A45 arev rst slid in the notches dft-eil until tionless bearlng's, thereby reducing` thel ef- 2 -moved toits extended, outward position,

ordinaryv manner V',Atithe open yend theyfareprovided with' a notch 33, [for also'pe'rforated centrally, as .at 35,. thereby. exposingv the central. portion of.. both, sides other particulars of the record are printed. The lowerrcorners'of'the envelop are cut away, as at 36 and 37,16.proyideopenings through which. the limbs .of the U-shaped roperable' means for renewing the envelops 'as the;r become soiled or'worn 10 is`a supporting strip 38 upon which rests a. slide 39 provided with` an underlying tongue 40,-"overlain ,by ay strip 41, secured to the sidewall 10".; to retain the slide 39 nient. `'Near tieirearjend of the slide39 .is an abu ment or' enlargement i452, which' acts asa stop and @lim-it 'fthe forward movement of the slide... A co perating stop 43 is Ipro- -39 is proforward end, with a notch Pintor the reeeption offlugs 5-15, .that `he side walls' 12"an d 13 of The slidingstrueture `I Iisybe remove,y `from its association with -the slide 39 by'liftin-g it free fmri'rits bearings on the slide 39.' ll'hen the sliding structure is pushedinwardly the projections the inner slidr` 39 is moved inwardly until the parts assume g the positions shown in Fig. 3..

For easy. movement of the sliding stro-cture', I provide rollers 4G, upon which the ectanfrular frame vllhas substantially fricthev. arevbrought into contact with fort .necessary for sliding the structure into and out of the cabinet.

proaehing horizontal.

before the closure is moved to position apto the closure whereby it is raised to a Vertical position and the hinged carrier frame 15 is simultaneously depressed, in a manner to be clearly understood from a consideration of the-drawings inconneetionwith the foregoing description.

It is evident thatthe cabinet may be extended \ertieall'y so as to containl a greater number of sliding structures than that shown in the drawings, and Ait is also evident that many other changes may be made within ordinaryskill without departing' from the scopeof the lappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I elaimis; v

In aderice of the cha acter described, a cabinet open'on one' side, a sliding structnre adapted tobe slid into and out of said .'cabinet, a closure -for the cabinet hinged to saidstruetluie', a handle on said closure, an envelop-supporting carrier hinged at its front edge to said structure, and means eonvmeeting said closure and frame whereby .saidarrier inclined and the envelops raisecVas the structure is withdrawn from the cabinet. VI

2. In a device of the character described, a cabinetopen qn one side, a sliding'strueture.. comprising a hollow frame, rear and side walls, adaptedand arranged to be slid into and ont ot' said gabinet, a closure for the cabinet, hinged at the bottom edge to the front edge of said sliding structure, arms pivoted to `the side walls ofsaid slidingstrncture. connected to a rod underlyingthe envelop supporting structure, said rod connecting said arms, and links connecting said arms and the cli-surei'or raising the rear end et said envelop-supporting structure when said closure depressed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my As d convenient means of moving the sliding structure, I provide a handle l? on i the closure 17, near the lower thereofsso that tlie sliding structure may hin ged edge hand in the presence of two witnesses.

i PETER SCHOLL.

In the presence of- V. LINN ALLEN, Maar Y; ALLEN. 

